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Whole New You: How Real Food Transforms Your Life, for a Healthier, More Gorgeous You: A Cookbook
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Complex carbohydrates are the SLOW carbs. Whole grains, vegetables, nuts, and seeds are all rich in these complex carbs. They break down slowly, allowing your body to use them efficiently—over a few hours—and the energy they create is
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“A 2012 study found that anti-black attitudes and racial stereotyping rose, rather than fell, as some might have hoped, in Obama’s first term. The percentage of Americans who expressed explicit anti-black attitudes ticked upward from 48 percent in 2008 to 51 percent in 2012, but the percentage expressing implicit bias rose from 49 percent to 56 percent. The study found that higher percentages of white respondents now saw African-Americans as violent, irresponsible, and, most especially, lazy, after his victory, despite, or perhaps because of, the studiously wholesome black family in the White House headed by two Ivy League–educated parents.”
― Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
― Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
“80 percent of white Americans hold unconscious bias against black Americans, bias so automatic that it kicks in before a person can process it, according to the Harvard sociologist David R. Williams.”
― Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
― Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
“What white people are really asking for when they demand forgiveness from a traumatized community is absolution,” Gay wrote. “They want absolution from the racism that infects us all even though forgiveness cannot reconcile America’s racist sins.”
― Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
― Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
“To clarify: defunding the police doesn’t mean abolishing the police, though there are more radical calls for that, too. It instead means redirecting money from police budgets to other government agencies funded by the city. Defunding the police could mean more money for underfunded schools, for mental health programs, or for drug recovery programs, all of which can help to reduce crime.”
― Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man
― Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man
“And white privilege is about the word white, not rich. It's having advantage built into your life. It's not saying your life hasn't been hard; it's saying your skin color hasn't contributed to the difficulty in your life.”
― Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy
― Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy
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